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The Challenger Disaster

On January 28, 1986, the nation watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew...

Samurai vs Shinobi: The Tensho Iga War

In the sixth episode delving into the history behind the latest Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Matt Lewis and Nathan...

Enfield Poltergeist: 1970's Suburban Horror

The Enfield Poltergeist is Britain's most infamous haunting - set in the late 1970s on the outskirts of London, it continues to be told and...

Six Wives: Jane Seymour

Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about.  But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases,...

Lost on Mount Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine

Dan unravels the mystery surrounding George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's daring attempt to conquer Mount Everest in 1924 - a feat that could have...

The War on Crime: The 1930s and the New Deal

How did the United States go from a country defined by its lawlessness in the 1920s and early 1930s, to one where many political standpoints rest...

The Parthians

The Parthians were heavyweights of ancient Mesopotamia. Hailing from what is now modern day Iran, they charged onto the scene by destroying the...

Tudor Origins of the Condom

What were condoms like in Tudor times? Before you were able to pop to the supermarket to pick some up, where did people buy them?

Joining...

The Anarchy: Disruptive Women

The Anarchy is an intriguing and often forgotten period of history. There are fascinating characters and moments of deep political importance...

Inside North Korea

With closed borders, a totalitarian regime, electricity blackouts and widespread poverty, North Korea is a brutal place to survive; even...

Pegasus Bridge: The First Assault of D-Day

Just after midnight on the 6th of June, 1944, 181 British glider-borne infantry crashed to earth in the Normandy countryside. They clambered out...

D-Day: The Deception that Made it Possible

Please note that this episode contains explicit language.

On the 29th of May, 1944, less than a week before D-Day, General George S. Patton...